Friday, 30 May 2014

I have just
finished reading Steph Jeavons blog. http://www.stephmoto-adventurebikeblog.com/I wanted to follow her from day one but was
not able to do so, but now I am up to date with her adventures. I have known
she was going off to travel round the world. I wanted to meet her at the Excel
Motorcycle Show in London last February, to wish her the best with her imminent
departure and have a chat, but there was not enough time to do so. Now I have
seen her website I am impressed how she has achieved her goal.

Her blog is full of information about the preparation,
which I feel is the stage I am at. By reading her blog you get a good feel for
what she is experiencing; from the countries she travelling through, the people
she meets, to the difficulties she encounters. Her trip is a very long one, (as
the world is rather large planet) so I am looking forward to many more months
of reading. I have signed myself up for regular updates, so I can read them as
they become live.

On
her blog she has a list of good inspirational books to read and I have found
some of these books in Kevin’s office. The first book I read about people
travelling the world, or part of the world, was, Lois on the loose. www.loisontheloose.com I was given
this book to read by my dear friend Jonathan. When I talked to him about my
plan to do a big trip on my own, the next time he came to see me, he gave me the
book of Lois to read.I was fascinated
to read that she, one day decided, she didn’t feel like working in an office
anymore and then took off, to discover the world and most likely found herself.

My
life has been completely ‘demolished’ a year ago, and my future wiped out. In
this book I was reading that it is possible as a girl to go and discover the
worId alone. A seed was sown in my head, which now occupies my thoughts every
day. When I finished the book I decided that that is what I must do. Lois is my
inspiration. I can see now, I can perhaps achieve the same. I do hope so.